Horse-controller



No. 622,26I.

Patented Apr. 4, I899. D. R. PORTER. HORSE CONTROLLER.

(Application filed Mar. 21, 1898.)

INVENTEIR:

(No Model.)

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DANIEL R. PORTER, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDLE COMPANY, OF KITTERY, MAINE.

HORSE-CONTROLLER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 622,261, dated April 4, 1899.

Application filed March 21,1898. Serial No- 674,582. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: pressure both of the middle bar on the nose Y Be it known that I, DANIEL R. PORTER, of and of one of the rigid side portions on the Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of corresponding side of the head and turns the Massachusetts, have invented certain new horses head in the direction desired. and useful Improvements in Horse-Control- It will be seen that I have provided a delers, of which the following is a specification. vice for controlling and guiding horses which This invention relates to ahorse-controller, is far more humane than the bit and can be and has for its object to provide a device to easily applied and cheaply manufactured. be used instead of a bit in guiding a horse. The arms a are preferably curved to ac- IO The invention consists in theimproved de commodate the nostrils, as shown in Fig. 2. 6o vice which I shall now proceed to describe In Fig. 2 I show a nose-compressing device and claim. comprising straps f f, secured to the eyes a Of the accompanying drawings, forming a a and crossing each other behind the lower part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perjaw of the horse, said straps sliding freely in 15 spective view of my improved horse-controlthe eyeso and having rings f f at their ler applied to a horse. Figs. 2 and 3 are outer ends for engagement with the reins. perspective views showing the controller re- When both reins are pulled, the straps f f moved. Fig.4representsasectional view of exert pressure against the under jaw, the the compressing device shown in Fig. 3. nose being thus compressed and the animal 20 Referring to the drawings, my improved controlled. 7o horse-controller, as here shown, comprises a In Fig. 31 show as a substitute for the straps middle bar a, upper transverse arms a ct, exf f a single strap g, which is made practically tending laterally from the upperend of the rigid at its central portion bya curved metal said bar and formed to bear on opposite sides stiffener 9, its ends being flexible and adapted 2 of the head, and lower transverse arms a M, to slide freely in the eyes a said ends hav- 7 5 extending laterally from the bar 0. below the ing rein-engaging rings g The central porarms a a and connected with the latter by tionof the stidener g presents a protuberance vertical bars a The bar (It occupies the me- 9 formed to enter the hollow between the dian line of the lower portion of the horses side bones of the under jaw of a horse. The

0 head and is curved inwardly at its lower strap g is pressed forward against the under 8o r portion to follow the contour of the nose, its jaw by a backward pull on the reins, the conlower portion bearing against the flexible trolling device being thus caused to compress portion of the nose between the nostrils. the nose. A pull on one rein causes pressure a a and a a represent eyes formed on the of the protuberance g against one side of the 5 lateral arms for receiving the straps b b, said hollow, the said protuberance thus aidwhich pass over the horses head and support ing in guiding the horse. the controller. When a compressing device is employed,

The bars a are preferably provided with the eyes a are preferably provided with antieyes a", adapted to receive a strap a, which friction-rollers a to permit the straps ff or 40 passes back of the under jaw and prevents the flexible ends of the strap g to move freely go forward displacement of the controller, and in said eyes. This device, as well as that eyes a, adapted to receive the reins e 6. shown in Fig. 2, is to be used only on refrac- The arms a a and the connecting-bar a tory horses. constitute rigid side portions adapted to'bear I claim-- 5 on the sides of the lower portion of the horses 1. A horse-controlling device comprising a head. rigid bar formed to extend along the median A backward pull on the two reins creates line of the lower portion of a horses head, its pressure of the middle bar a against the flexilower portion being curved inwardly and ble portion of the nose and effectually holds formed to bear on the flexible portion of the 50 thehorse back, while a pull on one rein creates nose between the nostrils, and side portions extending from the said bar and formed to bear on opposite sides of the head.

2. A horse-controlling device comprising a rigid bar formed to extend along the median line of the lower portion of a horses head, its lower portion being curved inwardly and formed to bear on the flexible portion of the nose between the nostrils, and side portions extending from the said bar and formed to bear on opposite sides of the head, said device having suitable strap and rein engaging devices.

3. A horse-controlling device comprising a bar formed to extend along the median line of a horses head, its lower portion being curved inwardly and formed to bear on the flexible portion of the nose between the nostrils; upper transverse arms extending laterally from the upper end of said bar and formed to bear on opposite sides of the nose; lower transverse arms extending from the bar below the upper arms; rigid connections between the rear portions of said upper and lower arms; and eyes or loops formed to engage suitable strags and reins.

4. A horse-controlling device comprising a rigid bar formed to extend vertically along the median line of the lower portion ofa horses head, its lower portion being curved inwardly and formed to bear on the flexible portion of the nose between the nostrils, and side portions extending from said bar and formed to bear on opposite sides of the head, rein-e11- ga-ging eyes on said side portions, and a nosecompressing device movable endwise in said eyes and having means for engagement with a pair of reins.

5. A horse-controlling device comprising a rigid bar formed to extend vertically along the median line of the lower portion of a horses head, its lower portion being curved inwardly and formed to bear on the flexible portion of the nose between the nostrils, and side portions extending from said bar and formed to bear on opposite sides of the head, rein-engaging eyes on said side portions, and a strap movable in said eyes and formed to extend across the under jaw, said strap having a central protuberance formed to enter the hollow of the under jaw.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL R. PORTER.

\Vi tnesses:

A. D. IIARRIsoN, P. W. PEZZETTI. 

